Be wise, taste wines and adjusts your boundless hope to the cup of life, which is small. Even as we speak cruel time flees jealous. Harvest the present day, the morrow is uncertain. Seize the day. Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65–8 b.C.)
Sveva Gargiulo and Javier González – Photographer Ashley Taylor
Sveva Gargiulo and Javier González, “Duets”, choreo by Merce Cunningham, music by John Cage (Improvisation III), costume and light by Mark Lancaster. As part of the program “Kontrapunkte” (“Große Fuge” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, “Duets” and “Four Schumann Pieces” by Hans van Manen), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Gloria Todeschini and Daniel Vizcayo, “Duets”, choreo by Merce Cunningham, music by John Cage (Improvisation III), costume and light by Mark Lancaster. As part of the program “Kontrapunkte” (“Große Fuge” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, “Duets” and “Four Schumann Pieces” by Hans van Manen), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Sinthia Liz and Gaspare Li Mandri, “Duets”, choreo by Merce Cunningham, music by John Cage (Improvisation III), costume and light by Mark Lancaster. As part of the program “Kontrapunkte” (“Große Fuge” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, “Duets” and “Four Schumann Pieces” by Hans van Manen), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Rocío Alemán, “One of a Kind”, choreo by Jiří Kylián, music by Brett Dean, Carlo da Venosa, David Hykes, Frame-Cut-Frame, Benjamin Britten, Chiel Meijering, David Lumsdaine, John Cage, set by Atsushi Kitagawara, costume by Joke Visser, Stuttgarter Ballett, Stuttgart, Germany.
Katharina Miffek and Giovanni Cusin, “Duets”, choreo by Merce Cunningham, music by John Cage (Improvisation III), costume and light by Mark Lancaster. As part of the program “Kontrapunkte” (“Große Fuge” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, “Duets” and “Four Schumann Pieces” by Hans van Manen), Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Alexandra Inculet and Hanno Opperman, “Duets”, choreography by Merce Cunningham, music by John Cage (Improvisation III), costume and light by Mark Lancaster. As part of program “Kontrapunkte” (“Große Fuge” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, “Duets” and “Four Schumann Pieces” by Hans van Manen) , Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria (September 21/24).
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Céline Janou Weder and Javier González Cabrera, “Duets”, choreography by Merce Cunningham, music by John Cage (Improvisation III), costume and light by Mark Lancaster. As part of program “Kontrapunkte” (“Große Fuge” by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, “Duets” and “Four Schumann Pieces” by Hans van Manen) , Wiener Staatsballett Vienna State Ballet, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria.
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Paloma Herrera and Eric Tamm, “Duets”, choreography by Merce Cunningham, music by John Cage (“Improvisation III”), design and lighting by Mark Lancaster, American Ballet Theatre, The Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, California, USA (March 29, 2012).
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Mélanie Borel and Daniel Mulligan, “Kammerballett”, choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Kara Karayev (24 Preludes for Piano: nr. 1, 2, 3 and 5), Domenico Scarlatti (Sonate in C major K.159 and Sonate in b minor K.87: Andante) and John Cage (In a Landscape), costumes by Keso Dekker, Ballett Zürich, Zürich Opera House, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Irmina Kopaczynska and Alexander Jones, “Kammerballett” choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Kara Karayev (24 Preludes for Piano: nr. 1, 2, 3 and 5, Domenico Scarlatti (Sonate in C major K.159 and Sonate in b minor K.87: Andante), John Cage (In a Landscape) costumes by Keso Dekker from “Quintett”, Ballett Zürich
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“Kammerballett” choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Kara Karayev (24 Preludes for Piano: nr. 1, 2, 3 and 5, Domenico Scarlatti (Sonate in C major K.159 and Sonate in b minor K.87: Andante), John Cage (In a Landscape) costumes by Keso Dekker
“Quintett” choreography by William Forsythe in collaboration with Dana Caspersen, Stephen Galloway, Jacopo Godani, Thomas McManus and Jone San Martin, music by Gavin Bryars, stage design and lighting design by William Forsythe, costumes by Stephen Galloway
“Rituals from Another When” choreography, stage design, costumes and lighting design by Jacopo Godani, music by Ulrich Müller and Siegfried Rössert (48nord)
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Irmina Kopaczynska, Alexander Jones, Mélanie Borel and Daniel Mulligan, “Kammerballett” choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Kara Karayev (24 Preludes for Piano: nr. 1, 2, 3 and 5, Domenico Scarlatti (Sonate in C major K.159 and Sonate in b minor K.87: Andante), John Cage (In a Landscape) costumes by
Keso Dekker
Jan Casier, Anna Khamzina, Francesca dell’Aria and Cristian Alex Assis, “Rituals from Another When” choreography, stage design, costumes and lighting design by Jacopo Godani, music by Ulrich Müller and Siegfried Rössert (48nord)
Katja Wünsche and Tars Vandebeek, “Quintett” choreography by William Forsythe in collaboration with Dana Caspersen, Stephen Galloway, Jacopo Godani, Thomas McManus and Jone San Martin, music by Gavin Bryars, stage design and lighting design by William Forsythe, costumes by Stephen Galloway
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